ancestor
gb/ˈænsˌɛstɚ/ us/ˈænsˌɛstɚ/
B1
อังกฤษ
~ 8700
ős, előd, felmenő, evolúciós előd, előfutár
คำนาม
B1
1
รูปแบบการใช้:
[someone]'s ancestor; an ancestor of [someone]
She discovered that one of her ancestors came from a small village in Italy.
Megtudta, hogy az egyik őse egy kis olaszországi faluból származott.
Our ancestors had to survive harsh winters without modern heating or medicine.
Őseinknek modern fűtés és orvosi ellátás nélkül kellett túlélniük a kemény teleket.
He feels a strong connection to his Native American ancestors.
Many families gather once a year to remember their ancestors and tell old stories.
DNA tests can sometimes help people find unknown ancestors.
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My ancestors came from China many years ago.
Az őseim sok évvel ezelőtt Kínából érkeztek.
She wants to learn about her ancestors and where they lived.
Szeretne többet megtudni az őseiről és arról, hogy hol éltek.
We looked at old photos of our ancestors.
He is proud of his ancestors and their hard work.
They told the children stories about their ancestors.
ข้อผิดพลาดที่พบบ่อย:
Learners sometimes confuse *ancestor* with *elder* or *old person*. *Ancestor* is not just any old person; it must be someone you are directly related to from an earlier generation. For example, an old neighbor is not your ancestor. Learners also sometimes say "my ancestors from 20 years ago"; usually, *ancestors* are several generations back, not recent relatives like parents.
ความหมาย
person from an earlier family generation
คำที่ใช้ร่วมกัน
distant ancestor
|direct ancestor
|common ancestor
|trace one's ancestors
|honor one's ancestors
|ancient ancestors
คำพ้องความหมาย
forebear (Slightly more formal; almost the same meaning, but used more in writing than in everyday speech.)
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forefather (Usually male and often used for respected or founding ancestors, sometimes in a national or cultural sense.)
คำตรงข้าม
descendant (Refers to someone who comes after you in the family line, the opposite direction of an ancestor.)
หัวข้อ
family
|history
|culture
|relationships
|core_vocabulary
คำจำกัดความ
A person in your family who lived long ago, such as your great‑grandparents and earlier, from whom you come.
A person, usually more distant than a grandparent, from whom you are directly descended.
คำนาม
B2
TECHNICAL
2
ős
B2
รูปแบบการใช้:
an ancestor of [a species/group]
Scientists believe that whales and hippos share a common ancestor that lived millions of years ago.
A tudósok szerint a bálnáknak és a vízilovaknak közös ősük volt, amely több millió évvel ezelőtt élt.
The fossil may represent an early ancestor of modern birds.
Ez a kövület a mai madarak egyik korai ősét képviselheti.
All domestic dogs are descended from a wolf‑like ancestor.
Researchers are trying to identify the last common ancestor of all life on Earth.
This fish is considered an ancestor of land‑living vertebrates.
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Scientists say humans and chimpanzees have a common ancestor.
A tudósok szerint az embereknek és a csimpánzoknak közös ősük van.
This animal is an ancestor of modern horses.
Ez az állat a mai lovak őse.
All dogs have a wild ancestor.
The fossil shows an ancestor of many birds.
They study ancient bones to learn about our early ancestors.
ข้อผิดพลาดที่พบบ่อย:
Learners may think *ancestor* in this sense always refers to humans, but in biology it can refer to any earlier life form, including plants, animals, or microorganisms. Another confusion is between *ancestor* and *old species*; a species can be old without being a direct ancestor of another.
ความหมาย
earlier species in evolutionary line
คำที่ใช้ร่วมกัน
common ancestor
|human ancestor
|distant ancestor
|early ancestor
|shared ancestor
|evolutionary ancestor
คำพ้องความหมาย
progenitor (More formal and technical; often used in scientific writing about the first form of a species or group.)
คำตรงข้าม
descendant species (Refers to a later species that comes from an earlier ancestor species in evolution.)
หัวข้อ
biology
|science
|evolution
|nature
คำจำกัดความ
An older kind of plant, animal, or other living thing from which a newer kind developed over time.
An earlier organism or species from which a later organism, species, or group has evolved.
คำนาม
B2
3
รูปแบบการใช้:
an ancestor of [a thing/system]
The telegraph is often seen as an ancestor of modern digital communication.
A távírót gyakran a modern digitális kommunikáció elődjének tekintik.
This early calculating machine was a direct ancestor of the computer.
Ez a korai számológép a számítógép közvetlen elődje volt.
Silent films were the ancestors of today's movies.
Some people call the typewriter the spiritual ancestor of the laptop.
These simple tools are ancestors of the complex machines we use now.
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The first cameras were ancestors of modern phones with cameras.
Az első fényképezőgépek a mai kamerás telefonok előfutárai voltak.
This old machine is an ancestor of the computer.
Ez a régi gép a számítógép elődje.
Silent movies are ancestors of the films we watch today.
The typewriter is an ancestor of the laptop.
That simple game was an ancestor of many video games.
ข้อผิดพลาดที่พบบ่อย:
Learners sometimes think *ancestor* can only refer to people. In modern English it is also common, especially in writing, to talk about the *ancestor* of a machine, technology, or idea. However, this is still a literal relationship of earlier and later forms, not just anything old.
ความหมาย
earlier version that led to something
คำที่ใช้ร่วมกัน
ancestor of modern computers
|ancestor of today's smartphones
|spiritual ancestor
|cultural ancestor
|primitive ancestor
คำพ้องความหมาย
forerunner (Emphasizes that something came before and prepared the way for what followed; slightly more formal.)
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precursor (More formal and often used in technical or academic writing for something that comes before and leads to something else.)
คำตรงข้าม
successor (Refers to something that comes after and replaces or develops from an earlier form, the opposite direction of ancestor.)
หัวข้อ
technology
|history
|culture
|core_vocabulary
คำจำกัดความ
An older type of thing, like a machine or idea, that came before and led to the one we have now.
An earlier form of something, such as a machine, system, or idea, from which later versions developed.
คำนาม
C1
TECHNICAL
4
ős
C1
รูปแบบการใช้:
an ancestor of [a node]
In this tree, every node except the root has at least one ancestor.
Ebben a fában a gyökér kivételével minden csomópontnak van legalább egy őse.
The algorithm finds the lowest common ancestor of the two nodes.
Az algoritmus megkeresi a két csomópont legközelebbi közös ősét.
In HTML, a div can be an ancestor element of many nested elements.
You can check if one node is an ancestor of another by following parent links upward.
The root node is an ancestor of all other nodes in the tree.
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In a tree, the root is an ancestor of all other nodes.
Egy fában a gyökér az összes többi csomópont őse.
This program finds the common ancestor of two nodes.
Ez a program megkeresi két csomópont közös ősét.
A parent node is one kind of ancestor node.
Every node except the root has at least one ancestor.
We move up the tree to look at ancestor nodes.
ข้อผิดพลาดที่พบบ่อย:
Learners may confuse *ancestor* with *parent* in tree structures. A parent is only one level above, but an ancestor can be any level above, including the parent, grandparent, and so on.
ความหมาย
earlier node in a tree structure
คำที่ใช้ร่วมกัน
ancestor node
|common ancestor node
|ancestor element
|direct ancestor
|proper ancestor
คำพ้องความหมาย
parent (node) (Refers only to the node directly above another, while *ancestor* can include the parent, grandparent, and so on.)
คำตรงข้าม
descendant (node) (Refers to nodes below another in the tree, the opposite direction from an ancestor node.)
หัวข้อ
technology
|computer_science
|science
คำจำกัดความ
In computer science, a part of a tree structure that is above another part and connected to it through one or more parent steps.
In computing and mathematics, a node in a tree structure that is higher in the hierarchy than another node and connected to it by one or more parent links.
ไวยากรณ์
รูปคำในพจนานุกรม
ancestor
IPA
GB/ˈænsˌɛstɚ/
US/ˈænsˌɛstɚ/
พยางค์และการเน้นเสียง
an - cest - or (3 พยางค์)
Stress on 1st syllable (an)
รูปคำ
Noun
- Base: ancestor
- Plural: ancestors
กลุ่มคำที่เกี่ยวข้อง
Forms
ancestors
noun
Negative and opposite forms
descendant
noun B2
วลีและสำนวน
ancestor worship
1/ˈænsˌɛstɚ wˈɚʃɪp/
fixed phrase
religious honoring of ancestors
A religious or cultural practice where people show respect to dead family members, often with prayers or offerings.
ตัวอย่าง
- Ancestor worship is an important part of many East Asian cultures.
- The festival includes rituals of ancestor worship at family altars.
- Anthropologists studied local forms of ancestor worship in the village.
common ancestor
1/kˈɑmən ˈænsˌɛstɚ/
fixed phrase
technical
shared earlier ancestor
A person or living thing in the past that two or more people or species come from.
ตัวอย่าง
- Genetic studies show that humans and gorillas share a common ancestor.
- All these languages can be traced back to a common ancestor.
- The diagram helps students find the common ancestor of the three species.
direct ancestor
1/dɪɹˈɛkt ˈænsˌɛstɚ/
fixed phrase
ancestor in a straight family line
An ancestor who is in your direct family line, like parent, grandparent, great‑grandparent, and so on, not a cousin or uncle.
ตัวอย่าง
- Only direct ancestors like grandparents and great‑grandparents are included on this chart.
- Your mother is a direct ancestor, but your aunt is not.
- The law gives special rights to descendants of direct ancestors who owned the land.
distant ancestor
1/dˈɪstənt ˈænsˌɛstɚ/
fixed phrase
ancestor from many generations ago
An ancestor who lived many generations before you, far back in time.
ตัวอย่าง
- She discovered a distant ancestor who fought in the civil war.
- Legends say their distant ancestors came from across the sea.
- He feels a connection even to distant ancestors he knows little about.
honor one's ancestors
1/ˈɑnɚ wˈʌnz ˈænsˌɛstɚz/
fixed phrase
show respect to past family members
To show respect and thanks to family members who lived before you, often in a special ceremony or on a holiday.
ตัวอย่าง
- They visit the family graveyard every year to honor their ancestors.
- Cooking traditional food is one way we honor our ancestors.
- The ceremony was held to honor the ancestors of the community.
trace one's ancestors
1/tɹˈeɪs wˈʌnz ˈænsˌɛstɚz/
fixed phrase
research your family history
To look for records and information to find out who your family members were in the past.
ตัวอย่าง
- She used online records to trace her ancestors back to the 1700s.
- Many people now try to trace their ancestors using DNA tests.
- He became interested in history after tracing his ancestors.